Physics of Atoms and Molecules

By B.H. Bransden

Book Overview

New edition of a well-established second and third year textbook for Physics degree students, covering the physical structure and behaviour of atoms and molecules. The aim of this new edition is to provide a unified account of the subject within an undergraduate framework, taking the opportunity to make improvements based on the teaching experience of users of the first edition, and cover important new developments in the subject.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 058235692X
• ISBN13: 9780582356924
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Length: 1114 Pages
• Weight: 4.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 2.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent textbook for a course on atomic physics

This book is comprehensive, updated, and enjoys the ineffable insight and clarity of a real institution in the field: prof. C. J. Joachain. A definite plus is that the discussions are disseminated with a lot of references to the literature, so it can work as a good introduction to any of the manifold fields treated. It is true, though, that it is not extremely advanced, nor very general in its derivations, therefore if you are looking for THE "summa theologica", perhaps this is not what you are looking for.

Great book

This is a very good book in AMO. Very intelligible, nice flow, stuff comes naturally.. It's a classical text, but very well done. (I recommend Liboff for QM and introduction to AMO, and Bransden for good AMO).

Excellent Atomic and Molecular physics book

This book is excellent for a 1st year graduate course on Atomic and Molecular physics. The initial sections cover QM in as good and concise a manner as I've ever seen. The coverage of perturbation theory is also very clear. After that the book concentrates on Atomic and Molecular topics like fine structure, Hyperfine strucutre, Hartree-Fock, and a very nice section on Atomic collision physics. It's truly regrettable that this book is out of print.

a good book

here is a classic of a book. the contents are an exposition of the applied aspects of quantum mechanics. suitable for undergraduate/graduate text. a must have for any practising physicist.